Vor einiger Zeit hat die NLM das NIH-Preprint-Pilotprojekt gestartet. Mit diesem soll die Durchsuchbarkeit von Preprints in PubMed Central (PMC) und damit die Auffindbarkeit in PubMed getestet werden. In einem Eintrag im Technical Bulletin wurde nun der derzeitge Stand bekannt gegeben:

"Ten months into the NIH Preprint Pilot, more than 2,100 preprints reporting NIH-supported research on COVID-19 are now discoverable in PubMed Central (PMC) and PubMed. Through early April 2021, these records have been viewed more than 1 million times in each of these databases (1.4 million in PMC; 1 million in PubMed). Of the preprints included in the pilot, ~60% are currently discoverable only as a preprint version, having not yet been linked to a published article. All articles are clearly identified as preprints. Preprints may be selected or excluded in searches by using the preprint filter."

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